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Hugh Willoughby, acknowledged as the "guru of hurricane modification" and now a professor at Florida International University, dismisses the plan as "junk science." The cost and logistics don't add up, he says, estimating that it would take tens of thousands of the giant tubs put in the water within 24 hours of the storm's arrival. Others think the whole idea of trying to dissipate hurricanes before they start is misguided. Bob Atlas, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Miami, points out that hurricanes, as devastating as they can be, do serve some good, by helping...
...merger with Porsche could help VW in the U.S. While Porsche may be a niche sports car maker, it's better known stateside than VW's other premium brand Audi and could add to VW's sex appeal with brand-conscious U.S. consumers. "VW's image in the U.S. could benefit significantly from Porsche," says Jürgen Meyer, a fund manager with SEB Asset Management in Frankfurt. "Americans don't know Audi, but they know Porsche as a premium brand and that will rub off on VW. They could possibly use the Porsche brand name to create a group...
...times and was visibly shaken. "People called me racist and said I caused all the turmoil that followed, and some even said threatening things that made me fear for my safety. I knew the truth but I didn't speak up right away because I did not want to add to the controversy...
...them best; research that would show which treatments were effective and which were wasteful; a payment system that would give health-care providers incentives to focus on the quality rather than the quantity of care. And Obama has laid down a marker that any bill that passes must not add to the deficit over the next 10 years. "Eighty percent of all the various bills that are out there, that people have agreed to, reflect most of our ideas from the start of this process," he says...
...exporters, and yet some 70% of its people live in abject poverty. A string of devastating attacks by militants demanding a greater share of the oil wealth in the Niger Delta, in the south, has reduced oil output by a third, hitting government revenues. This week's fighting will add to the sense that the government is losing control. "The government is no longer in control of the security situation outside the main cities," says a senior U.S. diplomat in Abuja. "You can't drive in the countryside at night and not get attacked, and sometimes in the daytime...